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This week has been amazing...thank you to sooo much to these awesome chicks who gave up their time to help at Re-imagine, it’s important to surround yourself with people that reflect who you want to be and how you want to feel, energies are contagious! ❤️ Thank you for the encouragement, good chat, motivation, inspiration, Coffee and all the fun today. Ladies you have my marker. 😍😍😍 To celebrate this week of girl power let’s have a Re-imagine #Giveaway of eco-fabulousness, all you have to do is comment below with a WONDER WOMAN who you think is special enough to deserve all these eco-goodies, you don’t have to tag them, just a name and why they are special. Could be someone who just makes life a little easier for you by being kind or someone who is going through a difficult time...no need to give details, just that it might give them a boost. ❤️ I’ll leave it to my bestest cheerleader Ro King to pick a worthy winner, you have until Bank Holiday Monday to nominate. An eco-fabulous gift for one eco-fabulous chick! Have a great weekend folks. ♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️

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Following an awesome thank you card from Kensington Palace about the Scrap Bear for Baby Archie I have been making more of them for each of their charities. ❤️♻️❤️ It’s so freeing using your top stash bestest scrap fabrics! I’ve really had some great days off sewing, resting, re-reading Toni Morrison and a bit of Tolle and enjoying quality time with my beautiful teenager, remember it’s just us at home and I work outside of running the store to take care of our household. So now to get back to the waste business, although Re-imagine is like having a giant teenager, who keeps changing their mind about who he/ she wants to be, never cleans their room, wants to be driven around everywhere to collect things and drop off stuff and not quite pulling their weight financially but who’s heart is definitely in the right place. 😆❤️🤣❤️ I’ve had a good rest but following another load of tests and procedures hopefully to make my Lupus easier and anyone who deals with a Chronic Illness knows it’s not just dealing with the awful symptoms but new diagnosis and new meds are also always constantly part of the deal and to say last the winter of collecting from the surplus food from the Supermarkets was hard is an understatement, but it was important. My bestest van finally died a few weeks ago and it was tricky to find the cash to get another cheap automatic vehicle and of course I feel the responsibility of all the families I have met along the way in this year long journey of the Community Larder. Amazingly The Lighthouse Church LuvEly has opened their doors for everyone to collect surplus food and I’ve always said a Community Fridge was much more necessary in town and I wish them every success in offering our community a great service but because we weren’t aware they would be giving away free the same food that goes to the Re-imagine Pantry (which we are charged for every week) that Pantry model won’t work and so will no longer run at Re-imagine. So for me it’s all about learning and developing ideas. I’m asked more than anything to attend events, so I’ve been working on a show called “Today I Learnt” to take around schools and colleges bringing the magic of Re-use, reading from my children’s book (finally) and educating folks about a sustainable lifestyle. It’s super fun. 😃 To be able to do this Re-imagine will open with new hours Wednesday 10am - 2pm and Thursday 10am - 2pm to leave Fridays for events only. Then open as usual on Saturdays 11am - 1pm. Thank you to all the helpers coming in this week, there’s so much cleaning, sorting, moving, collecting, restocking, coffee getting, refitting areas, making kits and of course the new “Red Table” for some real talk. 🥰 We will reopen on September 4th 2019 10am - 2pm unless of course everyone shows up, gets busy, my joints hold up and we get the job done even quicker. 😃 It’s fantastic to be able to use your talents to better serve your community, it’s even more important to work together to best serve them...remember there’s no “I” in community..........oh wait. 😉 #whatwillyoudo #communityfirst

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Even though we are closed for a Summer break we are still here today supporting those local families that need the Community Pantry to help get through the Summer Holidays. ❤ #lovefoodhatewaste #holidayhunger #communitymatters ##makeadifference #beagoodneighbour

We are open today (Saturday) 11am - 1pm, it’s your last chance to acquire some fantastic resources before we close for our Summer break. Today only, shop totally membership free!!! ♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏 Thanks to our amazing partnership with Tesco and @Jacks the Community Larder is packed full and ready to make your weekend just that little bit easier. As always I’m so grateful for your support. I wish you a fantastic Summer of joy and as you go about it tread gently on this Earth...it’s all we’ve got. ♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏

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Re-imagine a world with no food waste! Here is a sneak peek of the awesome food available at The Re-imagine Community Pantry tomorrow. Open Friday 10am - 2pm. 🌍♻️❤🌍♻️❤ #communitymatters #foodequality #fareshare #lovefoodhatewaste

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The Re-imagine Community Pantry In the UK 250,000 tons of food are thrown away each year by supermarkets as they respond to consumer expectations & demands, at the same time people sometimes find themselves facing hunger and do not have the money to feed themselves and their families. A year ago to the day I launched the Re-imagine Community Larder in a response to this situation, aiming to enable people struggling to afford food to access food that would otherwise go to waste and working with local groups to donate much needed supplies for those working with the most vulnerable in our community. It’s been both pleasurable and painful at times but surely one child going to school without breakfast is one child too many so there’s more that we can do. The Re-imagine Pantry (opening tomorrow) is a new addition to the Larder, designed firstly to help local people who are struggling financially and then also those passionate about food waste and for a very low membership fee local families and individuals can access a range of food items which they can choose from the available stocks. There are up to 50 memberships available to start this project - it will be granted on a first come first served basis, anymore will be placed on a waiting list. So here’s what you need to know. Membership is £2.50 per week payable at Re-imagine. A member can take up to 10 Pantry items per visit. These Pantry items are available seperately in the kitchen although customers can still have access to the usual Re-imagine Larder to add to their shop. Collection day is Friday at Re-imagine from 10am - 12pm and only when the centre is open. You are limited to one visit per family per week. To give all members an equal and fair share of the stock available we may limit some items to one per customer. There is no guaranteed availability of a specific item. We operate a strict take only what you need policy. So a bit more formal than the Larder folks but I hope that answers your questions and I look forward to welcoming you tomorrow, it’s so exciting offering new services to our community and start saving your containers as will be opening a refill at Re-imagine for Ecoleaf Hand Soap, Washing up liquid and Washing Detergents! ❤️♻️❤️ As always helping you on your journey to a more sustainable lifestyle. 😉 ♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏♻️❤️🌏 Big thank you to @fareshare for a fantastic delivery today and to @ScottsBrothersFarmShop for another meat-tastic collection available in the Pantry tomorrow. ❤♻️❤ #fareshare #lovefoodhatewaste #sustainableliving #ethicalsupermarket #communitymatters #communityfridge

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All stocked up and ready to welcome you tomorrow to the Re-imagine Community Pantry! Open 10am - 2pm. Membership details to follow later today. 😁 #lovefoodhatewaste #communitylarder

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It's all happening tomorrow folks, after much hard work the Re-imagine Pantry will be open for business on Friday, a low cost grocer located here on site in Witchford. We currently rescue fresh fruit, vegetables, bread and other high quality food and household products from being thrown into landfill and offer them to our community at highly affordable rates. By shopping at The Re-imagine pantry you’ll be able to stretch your budget and put high quality and healthy food on the table for you and your family all the whilst reducing your carbon footprint. Launched in August 2018 our Community Larder program has expanded and we have made a huge impact to local families in a year. We’re rescuing lots of food every week and are supported by a fantastic team of partner organisations. Whatever your financial situation, if you’re looking for low cost groceries or committed to reducing your carbon footprint then you’ll be welcome here. Come down this Friday to sign up and recieve your new membership card. The cost is £2.50 per week, per family and there will be lots of food to take away. Of course our commitment to helping the most vunerable in our community with fresh, wholesome food always stays the same. ❤ As part of our commitment to the community we will welcome school groups for excursions and workshops to learn about food insecurity and food waste. There's lots of ways we can all play a part in turning food waste into food worth. #lovefoodhatewaste #fareshare #fightinghunger #tacklingfoodwaste

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Its HOT, HOT, HOT.....so i'm just planning my next eco-creation in the driveway! 🌞♻️😂 Luckily Re-imagine Resource Centre is super cool inside and is open today (Wednesday), Friday 10am - 2pm and Saturday 11am - 1pm. Then just one more week before we close for the Summer break on August 3rd 2019. Lots of £1 per metre fabrics, blinds, netting, craft stuff, paper, fantastic eco-kits and so much more. And a big thank you to my Re-imagineers who are giving up a bit of their Summertime to assist in making the store an even better part of this great community. ♻️❤🌍♻️❤🌍 #watchthisspace #wasteisntwasteuntilwewasteit

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So much fun and only day ONE of the Ely Folk Festival. 🌞🍉🌮🍦🍺🎶 We had an eco- creative extravaganza making festival mats and sticks and almost selling out of our £1 eco-kits. ♻️ The stall was very popular today, thank you to my best helper Miss Tashi and a huge thank you has to go to John Lewis Cambridge for supplying the carpet samples. These awesome crafting events are made possible by connecting the dots and putting waste where it can do the most good........oh and you need an hard-working, eco-fabulous creative genius too....but of course you knew that. 😏 ♻️❤♻️❤♻️❤♻️❤♻️❤♻️❤♻️ #ilovemyjob #Ely #elyfolkfestival #johnlewis #wasteisntwasteuntilyouwasteit

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A reminder that Re-imagine is only open this week Wednesday 10am - 2pm. We are closed on Friday & Saturday. Come join us at the Ely Folk Festival this weekend for some fabulous crafting, music, dancing, drinky-poos, great food and good company. Many thanks to Nikki for stopping by with some great resources from Ccorrn Community Repaint, I really, really appreciate it when someone takes time out of their day to help me out and Rona (who is MY new best-friend 😁 ) and Gill for turning up at the workshop to assist, thank you for showing up for me ladies. A salute from me to you. ❤ Also I've had a really good tidy up and restock (I know, but ive been kinda busy people, geez 🙄) so I welcome you to the store tomorrow for some great new products. Turning waste things into great things - without costing the Earth. ♻️❤🌍♻️❤🌍

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A Re-imagine Crafter-noon is about making what you want, how you want it, to the best of your ability, regardless of your skill, with resources rescued from landfill, channelling your inner fabulousness and with the Re-imagine team in your corner!!! (And let me tell you I can shake my Pom poms with the best of them.) ♻️❤️♻️ Join us today at Babylon Gallery for an eco-creative session making awesome giant flowers to decorate the Ely Folk Festival Site. See you from 1pm - 3pm down by the river. ♻️🌏♻️🌏♻️🌏 OMG, this week was another fabulous week at the store, thank you for so many new members this week all referrals from friends and to all the teachers that are already coming in to plan next term making positive choices to use waste resources first. That makes me very happy. 😍 Special thank you to the Sutton Beavers for a lovely card and gift and to Florence who turned 5 last week wrote me this lovely special note. I ❤️❤️❤️ the little Re-imagineers. As the late, great Whitney said.....”Teach them well and let them lead the way”. ❤️♻️🌏❤️♻️🌏❤️♻️🌏❤️♻️🌏❤️♻️🌏

... at the recycling centre